Perspective:
Trends to Track
Don’t think for a moment that watching trends is only for the big boys. Consider that trends just might offer opportunities for your business.
May 2017
May 2017 Articles
Perspective:
Camping in Comfort
By Lisa Readie Mayer
The luxury camping trend is a good business opportunity for specialty retailers.
Political Blockade?
By Bill Sendelback
Through the first three quarters of 2016, sales of gas fireplaces moved at a walk; in the fourth quarter they started to trot; now they’re at a full gallop.
Focused on the Brand
By Tom Lassiter
Glen Raven’s Custom Fabrics team preaches the Sunbrella gospel.
A Feather in Their Caps
By Richard Wright
For 41 years Sam and Claudia Halsey have run a successful and profitable hearth business in 1,200 sq. ft., and made a lot of friends in the process.
Straight Talk
By James E. Houck
It’s time to face the truth about the EPA’s Standard of Performance for New Residential Wood Heaters.
Agrihoods
By Lisa Readie Mayer
The Foodie generation wants to live in farm-based communities; that trend is growing rapidly throughout the land and retailers should take advantage of it.
Artful Merchandising
By Mark Brock
Having, or finding someone who has, the skill to make your store and products enticing to consumers is the best way to increase your business.
Italian Flare, American Focus
By Mark Brock
Parà has found the New World a welcoming place for its Tempotest brand of solution-dyed acrylic fabrics.
Experience Preferred
By Lisa Readie Mayer
Consumers are choosing experiences over things. Here’s what that means for barbecue and outdoor living retailers.
Barbecue Anytime and Anywhere
Barbecuing is not just for summer afternoons on a back porch or patio … but also for breakfast, a chilly late fall evening around a fire table, or even in the winter snow.
2017 May News
Items of interest to members of the hearth, barbecue, and patio industries.
2017 March Business Climate
In early April, Hearth & Home faxed a survey to 2,500 specialty retailers of hearth, barbecue and patio products, asking them to compare March 2017 sales to March 2016. The accompanying charts and selected comments are from the 227 useable returns.
Parting Shot: In Her Prime
As her fame spreads, connoisseurs around the globe are seeking the talents of Elena Colombo.
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